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F35, short trip

נשלח לפני לפני 2 שנים

good thing the Martin-Baker BRS on roids' still works, although with some controversy, vis a vis the F35. (www.zerohedge.com) עוד...

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John Nichols לפני 2 שנים 2

Hmmm.. Saltwater may be the least of the worries. Aircraft have been run over by their carrier before, and the results are seldom pretty. Then there are the screws at high rpm maintaining forward velocity to contend with....

Not a fan of the jet, but one hates to see any land bird get wet.

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coinflyer לפני 2 שנים 2

The pilot ejected instantly with absolutely perfect timing. It was obvious well before reaching the edge that this plane was not going to fly. So that begs the question: was this deliberate? If not, what could have prevented the pilot from simply shutting down and hitting the brakes? This is just too weird...

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ADXbear לפני 2 שנים 1

Woooowee, big $$$$$

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Dave Mathes לפני 2 שנים 1

....only a hundred million plus...

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JMARTINSON לפני 2 שנים 1

Nice security, Royal Navy.

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Gary Doggett לפני 2 שנים 1

and there goes $115 million.

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Juan Jimenez לפני 2 שנים 1

The recovery of the aircraft is likely already under way or done. Nobody is just going to let that much money rot on the seafloor. Flush with distilled water for days and start working on it.

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user3956 לפני 2 שנים 1

While I think a big factor is the depth of water in the location that this happened, "Flush with distilled water for days and start working on it"... does that really work with aircraft?

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Juan Jimenez לפני 2 שנים 1

Yes. A careless pilot once dunked the front end of a WW2 Catalina amphib aircraft with the nosewheel door open in Puerto Rico and flooded the cockpit and about a third of the fuselage with salt water. The aircraft was dragged out, towed to land and then flushed for days with clean water. Eventually it flew out of the place where it was fixed and was sold.

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user3956 לפני 2 שנים 1

Interesting, well I hope they can recover this bird!

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Juan Jimenez לפני 2 שנים 1

Pretty sure they will, even if just to cannibalize the airframe for anything that is usable.

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JMARTINSON לפני 2 שנים 1

They will, but mostly so someone else doesn't. That, and to help make sure whatever happened doesn't happen again.

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JMARTINSON לפני 2 שנים 1

The 707 fished out of San Francisco Bay that was repaired and eventually returned to service might be a better example (JAL flight 2). However "better" in a water-damage context is still nowhere close to valid, because a Catalina or a 707 compared to an F-35 is like comparing a tricycle to a Tesla.

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